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Here is a piece that I put together in early 2017 inspired by the track artwork on SoundCloud. It's an #ambient #orchestral #choral #cinematic #electronic #hybrid #thingy featuring synths, samples, PaulStretch, reverb, and some inspiration.

"L'Énergie Concentrée"

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L'Énergie Concentrée

This piece has a Space/SciFi theme. It is a hybrid Orchestral/Choral/Synthesizer driven piece of space ambient speculation featuring a sample I downloaded from NASA's SoundCloud page. The music was in

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Here is a dark #ambient track I made in late 2017. It features synths, samples, PaulStretch and reverb. No surprises there. This track made it onto my album "Faders"

"The Entropy Clause"

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The Entropy Clause

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This track was put together in 2021 for an #ambient online compilation album. This track features samples, synths, PaulStretch and reverb. This track is appears on my 2023 album "E tenebris oritur lux"

"Sol Rides the Celestial Elevator"

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Sol Rides The Celestial Elevator

This track was written (and almost completed) in one day for the August 2021 Ambient Online Compilation: Volume 13, which contains over 5 hours of excellent ambient music, and is available from BandCa

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Synths and samples make up the instrumentation on this 2017 #ambient piece from my album "Faders". I may have used some reverb, too.

"The Crossing"

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The Crossing

This is the follow-up to Elysian Fields, musically, but could possibly represent an alternate scenario. After I had completed this, I kept

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Synths and samples make up the make up the instrumentation on this 2017 #ambient piece from my album "Faders". I may have used some reverb.

"The Crossing"

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The Crossing

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This is a piece of dark(ish) #ambient music I made in 2016 for an AmbientOnline album featuring synths, sampled synths , reverb, reversals and shenanigans.

This is "Disproportionate"

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Disproportionate

I suppose this is a clunky fusion of ambient and Berlin School featuring synths, processed audio, samples, and some

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This piece of (mainly) electronic Prog Rock was originally put together in 2010, and refined by remixes in 2012 and 2017. Featuring a £130 Ibanez Gio, some samples and lots of synths.

This is "Not As We Know It", from my 2017 album "Indefinite Articles".

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Not As We Know It

This took 12 hours to record in May 2010. The 2012 edit/remix/master took about 18 hours, including 3 hours wasted when EnergyXT crashed during a monster EQ session! This track originally had the Kore

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Whatsisname @seismictc.bsky.social

This piece of (mainly) electronic Prog Rock was originally put together in 2010, and refined by remixes in 2012 and 2017. Featuring a £130 Ibanez Gio, some samples and lots of synths.

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Here is an #ambient #cinematic hybrid from 2017. It features NI Reaktor5. This is not the released version.

"Sagarmatha"

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Sagarmatha

I was working on a new track and was 90% finished with the composition and 40% done with the mixing. I was having problems writing the ending and had not managed to advance the composition for 4 or 5

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This is a piece of #ambient music that is hijacked somewhere along the way and turns into a jolly piece of electro. It features synths ,samples and reverb. Lots of reverb.

"Axis Part 2"

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Axis Part 2

This is my first new piece for over 3 months. It seems to be increasingly difficult to find time for making new tracks this year. This is the companion piece to Axis Part 1, which appeared in March 20

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This is a dark, sombre, gloomy #ambient piece I that I made in 2017. This was released on my album "Faders" in 2020. It features synths and samples.

"Elysian Fields"

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Elysian Fields

More sombre atmospherics from the palace of paint. Murkiness and gloom are the order of the day. One of these days I shall make a cheerful piece of music, but I've been saying that for a while. This i

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Here is an #ambient piece I made in 2015. In addition to the synths, it features a field recording and some PaulStretched chanting.

"A Gathering"

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A Gathering

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I put this #ambient piece together in August 2014. Within 7 weeks I had remixed it a further 3 times. If features synths and 'trons. And reverb. Not the released album version.

"Beacons"

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Beacons

This track was put together for the Ambient Online Compilation: Volume 3 which contains over eight hours of high quality ambient tracks by various artists for the bargain price of $8.99 and also conta

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Here is a piece of minimal #ambient that I made in 2018. It features 3 synths, all using their built-in reverb. This track features on my 2023 album "E tenebris oritur lux".

This is "Subaqueous"

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Subaqueous

My first track to be released in 2018. I've been quite busy with other stuff (mainly work) lately, so it was a relief to finally get some time to work on new music. There are no external reverbs on th

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This is the original (2015) version of "Departure From the Heartlands". If features some PaulStretched synth, samples and reverb. It was inspired by a trip to Thailand. #ambient

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Departure From The Heartlands

This track is my submission for the Ambient Online Compilation Volume 5. I put together the original track about a month ago using vocal samples recorded in Thailand but didn't want to take any copyri

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This is a techy #deep #ambient #house piece that I wrote in 2015, featuring lots of reverb and possible dance vibes. Not the album version.

"Refrigerant"

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Refrigerant

A chilled, late-night vibe for this Deep/Tech House styled piece. Lots of different reverbs on here too.

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This piece of (mainly) electronic Prog Rock was originally put together in 2010, and refined by remixes in 2012 and 2017. Featuring the '79 Strat.

This is "Not As We Know It"

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Not As We Know It

This took 12 hours to record in May 2010. The 2012 edit/remix/master took about 18 hours, including 3 hours wasted when EnergyXT crashed during a monster EQ session! This track originally had the Kore

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I made this piece of hybrid #ambient #cinematica in 2020 entirely with a couple of softsynths, an arpeggiator and some heavy reverb. It turned out quite well.

"Illuminate"

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Illuminate

An arpeggiator walks into a bar. It was reverb night.

Slow, sombre and atmospheric.

Somewhere a sun is rising.

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Some coffee table music for a Friday evening. ElectroProg ProgRock chillout featuring synths, samples and a guitar - probably an Ibanez.

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Strike A Light

A laid-back instrumental for late-night listening (or something like that)

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Here is another track from 2014, which I remixed 2 days after completion to add more variety. Synths and samples combine to create an #electro #acid piece inspired by an iconic movie. This is not the released version.

"LV-426"

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LV - 426

This was assembled over a 16-week period in 2014. The hardest part was the patch selection. Once that was in place, the music wrote itself.

There isn't a lot of subtlety in evidence here.

EDIT:

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Here is another ElectroProg TranceFusion piece from 2009 (remixed in 2015), featuring some Chinese instrument samples. This was released on my 2017 album "Indefinite Articles"

This is "Felonious Monk"

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Felonious Monk

This took 15 hours to record in October 2009. The 2011 remix took a further 7 hours, mainly focussed on the percussion and resolving a couple of structural timing issues. A slight Oriental flavour to

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Here's another #ElectroProg piece from 2010 featuring some pleasant arps and some reverbed synths. It had a remix in 2012 and 2017 before release on my 2021 album - "Undercurrents"

This is "Itch"

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Itch (2017 Remix - 2019 TRackS5 Master)

Original track: June 2010
Mixed/Mastered: November 2012/December 2012
Re-Mixed/Mastered with Elevate December2017:
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Re-Mastered November 2019 with T-Racks5

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Here is a gloomy #ambient piece that I made in 2016. It's minimal and dissonant. This is not the released version.

"Ventilator"

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Ventilator

I suppose

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Here is another 2010 track that I remixed twice in 2013. It's another #ElectroProg piece with and Chines-style #ambient intro that is later hijacked by some Depeche Mode synth arps.

This is "Drown"

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Drown

Originally recorded over 11 hours in September 2010, the June 2013 edit/remix/master took 12 hours. I lost Kore Player when my old computer died in 2011 and had to rework this with some new instrument

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Another oldie featuring synths and samples, with maybe a hint of '80s Simple Minds accidentally thrown in.

This is Cyril's Escapism

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